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solo_sword) wrote2015-01-12 12:41 pm
solo_sword) wrote2015-01-12 12:41 pm
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The Rockhound- Monday
When they finally arrived at the Maw, Lando was quick to locate Luke, arranging for him to join them on the Rockhound. Considering the fact that they'd been riding around with Sith, Lando hadn't told them that Jaina was here, so he looked pretty surprised to see her.
"Lando," Luke greeted him, then turned to Jaina. "What are you doing here?"
"It's a long story," she said, sighing.
"So is mine," Lando said. "And it's a little bit more immediate."
"I'm listening."
So Lando told him about what happened on Klatooine, with Jaina mostly staying quiet except to add a few points she felt were important, and Luke listened silently. "I shouldn't have gone," he said when Lando had finished. "Taalon played me. He insisted on leaving someone behind to wait for the Rockhound, and blast it… it made sense."
"It did make sense, Uncle Luke," Jaina said. "You couldn't have known what they were planning. How would anybody know they'd do something so drastic?"
Luke rubbed his eyes. "That's just the point, Jaina. We don't know these Sith. We don't know what motivates them, or what their game is, or why they've really chosen to ally with me. I know what they've said, but that shouldn't be regarded as anything even in the vicinity of truth."
Jaina and Lando exchanged glances. "Look at it this way," Lando said. "The Fountain didn't seem all that damaged. You have at least one frigate's worth of Sith out of your way. And this might be the impetus for the Klatooinians to finally free themselves from a lousy bargain that should never have been made."
"I didn't come to start a revolution," Luke said, frowning.
"Not this time maybe, but it's happening. And I think in the end, it's a good thing," Jaina said. Someone had been rationalizing. "We just wanted you to know what was going on."
"Thanks," Luke said. "Now, Jaina, we come back to my question- why are you here?"
"Daala is up to her old tricks again," Jaina said, sticking her hands on her hips.
Luke sighed. "What's she done this time?"
"We've had a few more Jedi snap. Two, in fact."
"Sothais Saar and who else?"
"Two in addition to Saar. Turi Altamik and Kunor Bann. Daala doesn't know about Bann, which is a good thing for us, but she's putting the pressure on for us to surrender Saar and Turi," she explained.
"What kind of pressure?" Luke asked, in that tone that said he wanted to know, but he didn't really want to know.
"First, she sent a nicely vague threat to Hamner, hinting that the families of the Jedi might be the ones to pay the price for our failure to ask 'how high' when she says 'jump.' That's when I left, so I wasn't caught when the Mandos started a siege."
Luke stared at her. "A siege. Daala is laying siege to the Jedi Temple. To get the release of two beings?"
Jaina nodded. "It's ludicrous and insulting and scary. I know it's Jedi who are going nuts, but I have to tell you, Daala is making decisions that sure don't sound very sane or smart to me." She hesitated. "Uncle Luke, don't you think it's time that you accepted some help? I know you made a deal with Daala, but she certainly isn't behaving rationally now, and you're being forced to ally with Sith against this… this unknown thing in the Maw. Wouldn't reinforcements be a good idea? Isn't this whole situation more important than your agreement with Daala?"
Luke sighed again. Jaina kind of got the impression he was doing a lot of that lately. "It's not for me to ask for reinforcements, or help of any kind. Jaina, you're one person and you're not acting on any orders by being here. You're my niece, and you want to help. That I can accept. But I'm trying to do more than just fulfill the terms of my arrangement with Daala. I believe I'm close to finding out what went wrong with Jacen, and to finding a cure for those who were in Shelter during the war. Daala's entire point is that the Jedi can't be trusted. If the Jedi Grand Master can't be trusted to keep his word, who can?"
"I didn't make any promises like that," Jaina said. "I'm the Sword of the Jedi. You named me so, Uncle Luke. I have a duty." And that duty sucked a good most of the time, but that hadn't ever stopped her.
"Well, I can certainly use another Jedi," Luke said after a moment. "I'll send you everything I have on Abeloth. But for now- let's get moving."
[NFB, NFI, OOC okay! Taken from Allies by Christie Golden, and I have a headache.]
"Lando," Luke greeted him, then turned to Jaina. "What are you doing here?"
"It's a long story," she said, sighing.
"So is mine," Lando said. "And it's a little bit more immediate."
"I'm listening."
So Lando told him about what happened on Klatooine, with Jaina mostly staying quiet except to add a few points she felt were important, and Luke listened silently. "I shouldn't have gone," he said when Lando had finished. "Taalon played me. He insisted on leaving someone behind to wait for the Rockhound, and blast it… it made sense."
"It did make sense, Uncle Luke," Jaina said. "You couldn't have known what they were planning. How would anybody know they'd do something so drastic?"
Luke rubbed his eyes. "That's just the point, Jaina. We don't know these Sith. We don't know what motivates them, or what their game is, or why they've really chosen to ally with me. I know what they've said, but that shouldn't be regarded as anything even in the vicinity of truth."
Jaina and Lando exchanged glances. "Look at it this way," Lando said. "The Fountain didn't seem all that damaged. You have at least one frigate's worth of Sith out of your way. And this might be the impetus for the Klatooinians to finally free themselves from a lousy bargain that should never have been made."
"I didn't come to start a revolution," Luke said, frowning.
"Not this time maybe, but it's happening. And I think in the end, it's a good thing," Jaina said. Someone had been rationalizing. "We just wanted you to know what was going on."
"Thanks," Luke said. "Now, Jaina, we come back to my question- why are you here?"
"Daala is up to her old tricks again," Jaina said, sticking her hands on her hips.
Luke sighed. "What's she done this time?"
"We've had a few more Jedi snap. Two, in fact."
"Sothais Saar and who else?"
"Two in addition to Saar. Turi Altamik and Kunor Bann. Daala doesn't know about Bann, which is a good thing for us, but she's putting the pressure on for us to surrender Saar and Turi," she explained.
"What kind of pressure?" Luke asked, in that tone that said he wanted to know, but he didn't really want to know.
"First, she sent a nicely vague threat to Hamner, hinting that the families of the Jedi might be the ones to pay the price for our failure to ask 'how high' when she says 'jump.' That's when I left, so I wasn't caught when the Mandos started a siege."
Luke stared at her. "A siege. Daala is laying siege to the Jedi Temple. To get the release of two beings?"
Jaina nodded. "It's ludicrous and insulting and scary. I know it's Jedi who are going nuts, but I have to tell you, Daala is making decisions that sure don't sound very sane or smart to me." She hesitated. "Uncle Luke, don't you think it's time that you accepted some help? I know you made a deal with Daala, but she certainly isn't behaving rationally now, and you're being forced to ally with Sith against this… this unknown thing in the Maw. Wouldn't reinforcements be a good idea? Isn't this whole situation more important than your agreement with Daala?"
Luke sighed again. Jaina kind of got the impression he was doing a lot of that lately. "It's not for me to ask for reinforcements, or help of any kind. Jaina, you're one person and you're not acting on any orders by being here. You're my niece, and you want to help. That I can accept. But I'm trying to do more than just fulfill the terms of my arrangement with Daala. I believe I'm close to finding out what went wrong with Jacen, and to finding a cure for those who were in Shelter during the war. Daala's entire point is that the Jedi can't be trusted. If the Jedi Grand Master can't be trusted to keep his word, who can?"
"I didn't make any promises like that," Jaina said. "I'm the Sword of the Jedi. You named me so, Uncle Luke. I have a duty." And that duty sucked a good most of the time, but that hadn't ever stopped her.
"Well, I can certainly use another Jedi," Luke said after a moment. "I'll send you everything I have on Abeloth. But for now- let's get moving."
[NFB, NFI, OOC okay! Taken from Allies by Christie Golden, and I have a headache.]